Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-12-30
The Old Year,
RY "sIsTER CARRIE '.

RY SISTER CARRIE,
Farewell, Old Year, we soon m,,s; ns,t
For swiftly glide the hours awas..
| Nor would the thought now grieye ourheart.
Nor would we bid thee longer stay.
Throughout the twelva.mo,+,, -+,,o,,
brought ei''o'''ii 'i1ou iilss
Our share Of JOY, of grief and pain,
our lives with blessings thou hast fral,ght
| anu cares and tolls skal! be our gain.
"ewould not haste thy flight, oh Time
fof many seeds" may yet be sown;
| And IN that HARVEST so sublime
oh may we hear the words .:wel done.'.
! NOR would we now retard thy speed
On rolling Time, though joys be given.
| For every year still bears us on
Ana prlLgs us nearer God and Heaven,
as seiae-sear f''ies'dts hose race lis .sun,
| We feel thee passing from our sight.
Ehe battle DER, the victory Won
| WenoW must say "Old Year. good.nigh
Ex-secretary Of State, Manning died
Saturday last. y =
Representative Moffatt of Michigan
is dead.
The Dakota Standard, Huron, sends
out handsome Christmas supplement.
The republicana in congress favor
division and admission; the democrats
admission as whole in 1889.
Huron is the Chicago of Dakota, so
far as conventions go. 1t is very
cold and stormy week when Huron
don't capture from one to half-dozen
conventions. Rapid City Journal.
The Dakota Ruralist is the official
organ of the Farmers Alliance. Ev-
cry farmer should take it and become
posted on Alliance matters. We club
with it and can give you good terms.
Examine our clubbing list
The Dakota Farmers Alliance Com
pany met at Huron during the session
of the Territorial Alliance. The Off
GERS elect are President, Geo. G. Crosse,
editor Of the Dakota Ruralist, publish
ed at Pierre; Vice-President, Calvin
Moore; Secretary, Don G. Needham:
Treasurer, j. G. Carlisle.
AS the date approaches when taxes
become delinquent, it causes one to
wonder why such laws have been en-
acted and for whose benefit. The tax
es become delinquent at a time when
Dakota farmers have the least with
which to pay them. 1t would be easier
fol, them to pay their taxes if made
due and payable about August 1st and
delinquent October, 1st. Or November
1st. In this way they would be able to
market sufficient grain to pay their
taxes and not be obliged to pay such
heavy penalty and interest. There IS
defect in our assessment laws that
also works great injustice to our west
ern farmers. 1t is the design of our
laws to tax values once, and but once;
yet, as the laws are today, many of the
values are taxed twice, provided the
money loaner returns all his moneys
and credits. Supposing man borrows
$1,000, and with it buys and improves
farm. The assessor comes along and
returns the amount Of $1,000 for taxa
ton and if the loaner OF that $1,000
does his duty it is again returned for
taxation. The Law requires that all
moneys and credits shall be returned
over and above the debts owed by the
holder. II the law exempts ore mans
property to the amount of his debts,
then it should that of another. The
poor man must pay taxes on his debts
while the debts, and an equal amount
of cash belonging to the rich man are
exempt.